Advertising apparatus.



F. F. HEISSENBUTTEL. ADVERTISING APPARATUS APPLICATION FILED 11.4, 1912.

1,080,340, I PatentedDec.2,1913.

ATTORNEYS FREDERICK F. HEISSENBUTTEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADVERTISING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

Application filed April 4, 1912. Serial No. 688,378.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK F. I'IEISSEN- BUTTEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Advertising Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrlption.

My invention relates to advertising devices to be used in the vicinity of soda water fountains and other places of refreshment, and it is constructed so as to'resemble a glass of soda water or other liquid at the moment when the same is drawn from the receptacle containing it. a

In its preferred form it comprises a vessel containing a liquid such as water, and to this receptacle is led a pipe having perforations through which air is blown into the,

body of the liquid, this air rising in bubbles to the top .to create a realistic effect.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which the same characters of reference indicate the same .parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of one form of my invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan, partly in section, of the means by which air is distributed to the body of the liquid contained in my inven tion; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but presenting a modification; and Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of a modified form of li uid-containing vessel.

Re erring particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 represents a hollow base which is sha ed like a holder that is ordinarily used or sodawater glasses, and is threaded at 2 on its inner surface near the top to receive a vessel 3 made of glass or other transparent material which is filled with water or some other suitable liquid to the required depth. This vessel 3 is closed over the top 4, but the top is perforated as shown at 5, and is screw-threaded around the upper edge in the manner shown in Fig. 3. Over the perforated top 4 is screwed a cap 6, which may also be made of glass, and is shaped and colored to resemble the creamy foamwhich is formed on the top of soda water as it is ordinarily served at ublic fountains. This cap is also perorated' in amanner similar to that shown at 5, and the space between the top 4 and the cap 6 may be filled with any suitable material such as shown at 7, to add to the ment with the base 1, and in the side of the vessel 3 near the bottom is a recess 8, the inner end of this recess being perforated to receive a screw-threaded bushing 9. This bushing is connected at one end to a tubular ring 10, to which are connected transverse tubular bais, as shown, all of the bars being perforated to permit air to be discharged into the liquid contained in the vessel-3 at all points over the bottom of the same. 'Below the bottom of the vessel 3 is a reflector 11., and above this reflector is a lamp 12, the object of the lamp in question being to illuminate the liquid contained in the vessel 3 at night, and make the liquid when agitated by the air bubbles which are blown through it by means of the ring 10, a very conspicuous object.

13 represents a bent member made in imitation of a handle secured to the side of the base 1, this handle being split longitudinally on its inside as at 1 1 and houses a conduit 15, which may be connected to the bushing 9 in any convenient manner.

16 is a hinge for the handle 13, to enable the same to be swung toward and from the base 1, to give access to the conduit 15, which passes through the base 1 to the bushing 8 through an aperture 17 near the top of the base, and a similar aperture 18 near the bottom. At its inner end the conduit 15 terminates in a flaring mouth or funnel 19, in which is located a blower fan 20, this blower fan being actuated by means of an electric motor 21, 22 and 23 are conductors leading current to the lamp 12 and motor 21, respectively.

The manner in which m invention is used will now be described. 11 the daytime no light will be necessary, but at night the light 12 can be turned on. The invention will be located in front of a drug store or other place of refreshment, or in the show windows of the same, or at any other convenient point, and the air which will be blown by the fan through the conduit 15 will pass out through the apertures in the ring 10 and perforated cross bars carried by the ring, creating bubbles which pass upward through the liquid in the vessel 3, and out through the apertures 5, top 4, and cap 6. The liquid in the vessel 3 will thus always be kept agitated, giving'it the appearance of effervescing, and attracting attention thereto. At night the lamp 12 will be turned on so as to illuminate the liquid in the vessel 3 and make the effects even more conspicuous. The base 1 should of course not be air-tight,

so that there will always be a supply of air that can be blown through the conduit and whenever it is desired to get access'to the conduit 15, the handle 13 can be swung into broken-line position shown in Fig. 1, the slot 14: being wide enough for this purpose.

below the bottomof the vessel 24, this vessel of course being made of some transparent material; and 32 1s a motor which operates a fan to drive air through the conduit 30.

The motor is mounted in a casing 33 which has an aperture in its top, and the base 27 has a flange or collar 34 which rests against the rim of the aperture and supports the device in position. 35 are conductors lead ing to themotor and the lamp to supply current thereto. The operation of this device is in all respec'ts similar to'the opera-j tion of that shown in" Fig. 1, only the con-.

duit 30 is not located in the handle 28. A pipe 35 may be provided in the form shown in Fig. 1, to enable the contents of the vessel 3 to be drained oif at any time, this pipe having a stopcock therein and passing through the bottom of the base 1.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the vessel 3 is provided with a top 4: having apertures 5 therethrough, and is threaded as shown at 2, the same inthe case of the vessel 3. This vessel, however, has an inner annular wall 36 closed at'the top as shown at 37, but open at the bottom, this wall forming with the outer wall of the vessel 3 an inclosed annular space. The wall 36 and top 37 are made transparent, the same as the body of the vessel 38, and when the interior of the vessel 3 is filled with water and air blown through the same from the bottom, the eflect is the same as in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 3, only a much smallerquantity of water can be used, the object of the inner annular wall 37 being to save space in this way. The hollow ring having apertures therethrough shown at 10 is laid in the bottom of the vessel 3, surrounding the wall 36 at the base thereof; and the cross bars 10 in this form are of course omitted. The form of inclosing a body of liquid vessel shown at 3 in Fig. 4 can be used with the construction shown in either Fig. 1 or Fig. 3, as will be readily understood.

From the above description it will be seen that I have produced an advertising device which is admirably adapted for my purpose. The shape of my invention closely resembles a drinking vessel such as is employed to dispense soda water at public fountains; and by means of the apparatus which is located below the vessel which contains the liquid, the latter is kept agitated, and thus gives the effect of liquid in effervescent condition. In this way I makemy device very conspicuous and realistic, which is the chief desideratum in devices of this sort.- A back pressure valve shown at 9 is provided in the neck forming the entrance to the ring 10, the object of this valve being to prevent water from rising in the pipe or conduit 15. It is to be understood that instead of a fan 2 driven by the motor 21 to provide a supply of air, sending the same through the conduit 15 to the perforated ring 10, I may use a storage tank containing air under compression, and connect the same to the con 'duit 15 by means of a suitable regulating or reducing valve, if desired.

While I have shown and described my invention as being made in imitation of a glass of soda water, it is to be understood that I do not'limit'myself'tothis particular appearance, butmaymake the same in imitation of a glass of'any other beverage.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: j

1. In a device of the kind. described, the combination of a hollow opaque base, a transparent vessel carried by said base and a hollow body inclosed in said vessel and having a plurality of discharge openings, means for supplying a gaseous medium to said body to agitate said liquid, an illuminating device in. said base, and a reflector -mounted in said base, said illuminating device being located between said reflector and said vessel, whereby all of the light emanatin from said illuminating device will pass through said vesse 2. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a base, a transparent vessel mounted therein to contain a quantity of liquid, a hollow body insaid vessel-and hav'-' ing a plurality of discharge openings, a motor mounted inside of said base, a fan opermit the cover to clear the conduit when the cover is moved.

3. In an improvement of the kind described, a liquid-containing vessel having an outer Wall and an inner wall extending up.- ward from its bottom, the inner wall being closed at its top and the outer wall likewise having a top, said last-named top having perforations therethrough, and a hollow body surrounding the inner wall and having openings through the same to supply air to the interior of saidvessel.

l. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a base, a transparent vessel carried by said base to contain a quantity of liquid, a hollow body comprising a perforated ring in said vessel, means for supplying a gaseous medium to said ring to be discharged thereby into the liquid in the vessel, and an illuminating device and a reflector carried by the base to direct light through the vessel and the liquid therein.

5. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a transparent vessel to contain a quantity of liquid, a base therefor, a conduit extending outside the vessel and the base for supplying fluid to said vessel to agitate the contents, and a cover for said conduithaving hinged connection with the base and having an open side to permit the cover to clear the conduit when the cover is moved.

6. In a device of the kind described, the

combination of a base, a transparent vessel mounted therein to contain a quantity of liquid, a hollow body in said vessel having a plurality of discharge. openings, illuminating means carried by said base, a reflector for causing the rays of light emitted by the illuminating means to pass through the body also carried by said base, air-compressing means carried by said base, and means for connecting said air-compressing means to the body.

7. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a hollow base, a transparent vessel carried by said base and inclosing a body of liquid, means for discharging into sai liquid at a plurality of points to agitate the same, means for supplying a gaseous medium to said discharge means, an illuminating device carried by said base, and a reflector mounted in said base, said illuminating device being located between said reflector and said vessel, whereby all of the light emanating from said illuminating device will pass through said vessel.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK F. HEISSENBUTTEL.

\Vitnesses:

\VILLIAM F. NICKEL, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS. 

